I just looked at the records for the Town of Washington on the Berkshire County usgenweb page. They seem to start late in the 1700s. Weren't there people living here before then? I know it was part of the land disputed by New York State at the behest of Robert Livingston and Massachusetts and the border wars included people living on the land in dispute. If there were people living here before the earliest dates officially recorded, where would I look for the vital records? Also, does anyone know who the Dutch families were who were supposed to have been living there when the first English people came? Thank you very much. Debbie Winchell

The town of Washington is near Lee, Ma., north of Becket; the town of Mt. Washington is in south county near the New York state border. It was the latter town that was part of the land dispute. Debra Winchell wrote: > I just looked at the records for the Town of Washington on the Berkshire > County usgenweb page. They seem to start late in the 1700s. Weren't > there people living here before then? I know it was part of the land > disputed by New York State at the behest of Robert Livingston and > Massachusetts and the border wars included people living on the land in > dispute. If there were people living here before the earliest dates > officially recorded, where would I look for the vital records? Also, > does anyone know who the Dutch families were who were supposed to have > been living there when the first English people came? > > Thank you very much. > > Debbie Winchell > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

I think you're thinking of Mt. Washington. The town of Washington doesn't border NY state but is a few towns east of the border in eastern Berkshire County. On 12 Aug 2001, at 0:06, Debra Winchell wrote: I just looked at the records for the Town of Washington on the Berkshire County usgenweb page. They seem to start late in the 1700s. Weren't there people living here before then? I know it was part of the land disputed by New York State at the behest of Robert Livingston and Massachusetts and the border wars included people living on the land in dispute. If there were people living here before the earliest dates officially recorded, where would I look for the vital records? Also, does anyone know who the Dutch families were who were supposed to have been living there when the first English people came? Thank you very much. Debbie Winchell ______________________________ jj.bedard@verizon.net Photo Gallery Webpage http://www.bedardphoto.com